Archive: 2018

Dispatch has announced an extensive U.S. tour this summer and fall, including stops at Red Rocks, SummerStage Central Park in NYC, the Greek Theatre in LA, Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston and more. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 2 at 10am local time in each market. See below for a list of confirmed […]

Today Speedy Ortiz announces its new full-length album and first release in two years. In the Fall of 2016, Speedy Ortiz went to Brooklyn’s Silent Barn to record what they thought would be their third LP, but following election day they knew they had to change course. “The songs on the album that were strictly […]

Last week, Courtney Barnett announced details of her second studio album Tell Me How You Really Feel and shared lead single “Nameless, Faceless.” Today, she has announced a North American tour in support of the record. The tour will take Courtney through the US and Canada, with dates announced in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, […]

Hot on the heels of his latest release Carry Fire, Robert Plant and his band, the Sensational Space Shifters, once again performed in Boston on February 15th to a sold-out Orpheum Theater. Plant’s set included several new songs from Carry Fire, selections from his solo career’s back catalog, cover songs from his influences and yes, […]

Charlie Overbey may be a lifelong Californian, but his songs are steeped in the timeless traditions of the American South. After years of touring the world supporting acts ranging from David Allan Coe and Blackberry Smoke to Social Distortion and Motorhead, Overbey slowly amassed a collection of introspective original songs that transcend the endless rock […]

Upon first listening to Bonnie Montgomery, it’s easy to mistakenly assume that you’ve stumbled upon a long-buried track by a legend from the golden era of country western music. Such is the artistry of this Arkansas native and silver-voiced songstress. Her story is of her journey, but she presents it through a folk/bluegrass/country perspective that’s […]

It’s fitting the main color scheme of Dave’s Pick’s Volume 25 is a bright deep orange. Binghamton, NY 11/6/77 is yet another cull from the treasure trove from whence came Cornell May 1977, a remarkably true-to-life recording by Betty Cantor-Jackson that finds the band on the proverbial fire during a show spreading throughout the three […]

If you haven’t panicked lately, you’re either blissfully ignorant or have gone completely clear. For the rest of us attempting to navigate the political, economical, and cultural carnage, Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” succinctly captures the statue of psychic dislocation. Or N.W.A.’s “The Panic Zone.” Or Black Moth Super Rainbow’s Panic Blooms, the latest disorienting dystopian […]

Ventura Skies is an unexpected return from a songwriter who just a few years ago thought he might never make another album again. But a romantic breakup and the death of his father to cancer coaxed music out of Noah Lamberth as he dealt with the loss & hurt. “The best way to deal with […]

Jackson, Mississippi’s Young Valley offers points of view from three songwriters: fraternal twins Zach Lovett and Dylan Lovett, and Spencer Thomas. Each of them bring a different perspective to the table, and present their lyrics with musical styles from traditional country to southern-tinged rock ‘n’ roll. Since the release of their debut album No Filter […]

Guitar wizard, Joe Satriani, recently brought his thirteenth installment of the G3 experience to Boston’s legendary Orpheum Theater on February 15th. On this go-around of the US leg of the tour, Satch invited Def Leppard’s Phil Collen and Dream Theater’s John Petrucci to share the bill. Satriani headlined the night in support of his most-recent […]

[rating=9.00] When Marlon Williams’ excellent and critically acclaimed self-titled album was released two years ago the narrative around it was predictably uniform, is a Kiwi the greatest hope for Americana country and folk music? The New Zealander’s sound was easy to fall in love with as he evoked the great 50s and 60s voices of […]

Radiohead has confirmed a summer 2018 North American tour. The newly announced dates begin July 7in Chicago and conclude August 1 in Philadelphia. The new U.S. and Canada shows extend the world tour in support of the band’s latest album A Moon Shaped Pool (XL Recordings), and are the band’s first North American appearances since spring 2017. Tickets will be […]

[rating=9.00] Eddie and the Cruisers is an ill-fated, 1983 movie about a New Jersey, rock’n’roll band that falls apart in the second act: inexplicably, the plot pivots from something legible to a Scooby Doo-style mystery that leads Tom Berringer on a car chase through a castle made of scrap metal in the middle of an […]

Bridging both genres and generations with original music steeped in the history of its influences, Hood Smoke’s sonic narrative illustrates timeless stories using beautifully simple melodies set to a rhythmic foundation built firmly from the bass up. Since the release of their debut album, Laid Up In Ordinary (2012), Chicago’s Hood Smoke has continued to […]

No offense, but the funk scene these days leaves much to be desired. Many of the acts that are out there now rely heavily on uninspired tributes and bland grooves that may showcase plenty of technique but lack any kind of soul. Sure, it may be fun to dance to when you’re high, but it […]

After Janiva Magness added a 2016 Grammy nomination to her 26 Blues Music Award nominations — with seven wins, including Entertainer of the Year — she might have taken at least a short rest on her laurels. Instead, one of the preeminent voices in contemporary American roots music has raised the bar for herself. This […]

Since 2010, Myles Kennedy has been pulling a non-stop double-duty workload as a singer for guitar player Slash’s solo band and Alter Bridge, the band he joined in 2004. Not many vocalists can pull something like that off but Kennedy has – recording and touring with both bands, alternating as one entity took a break […]

Joseph Arthur and Peter Buck of R.E.M. fame have formed the new band Arthur Buck. The pair have just finished recording their debut album which will be released by New West Records. The collaboration was established after the pair met up in Mexico after Buck released the Filthy Friends album Invitation and Arthur was finishing […]

Austin-based trio Greyhounds has announced the upcoming release of their new LP Cheyenne Valley Drive on April 6th. They’ve also shared the first single from the record, “No Other Woman” which can be heard below… Greyhounds are the Austin trio of Anthony Farrell (vocals, keyboards), Andrew Trube (vocals and guitar) and Ed Miles (drums). Many music fans remember Farrell and Trube […]